Chocolate Cream Pie

If today wasn’t my husband Mark’s birthday I would have no idea that it’s also Pi Day. But, thanks to him I’m well aware and every year, I have a great excuse to make him a pie. Last year, it was chicken pot pie. This year, it’s silky, dreamy chocolate heaven on a plate!

I’m no baker, so my search for a simple recipe that didn’t include Jell-O or a pre-made crust was no easy task. But, I eventually landed on this recipe, originally from Gourmet magazine, and knew I was in luck. This chocolate cream pie and its crust, baked from scratch top to bottom, was a piece of cake (or, pie) to make and absolutely delicious!

. . . Well, I only know that from a few finger swipes into the chocolate filling, which was like a subtly sweet chocolate mousse. But, I’m thinking that the whole thing together probably does taste pretty darn good!

Tonight, I’ll cook him a nice dinner, probably sing a pretty bad rendition of “Happy birthday”, complete with earplugs for all, and we’ll go out for drinks to ease any pain inflicted. He’ll open his gift and enjoy this pie with me and hopefully be happy with how his big 2-8 went down. This weekend, it’s a celebration in San Francisco with his family, filled with good wine, food and lots of fun!

All my love, appreciation and happy birthday wishes to the sweetest guy I know. You get the big slice tonight, honey!

Directions:

Make crust: Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

Stir together crumbs, butter, and sugar and press on bottom and up side of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake until crisp, about 15 minutes, and cool on a rack.

Make filling: Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, salt, and yolks in a 3-quart heavy saucepan until combined well, then add milk in a stream, whisking. Bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking, then reduce heat and simmer, whisking, 1 minute (filling will be thick).

Force filling through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, then whisk in chocolates, butter, and vanilla. Cover surface of filling with a buttered round of wax paper and cool completely, about 2 hours.

Happy Birthday and Happy Pi Day to your hubby! This looks so good…nothing better than chocolate and strawberries!!! My company celebrated National Pi Day with pies baked by management and directors for all the employees…cute, huh?

I hope Mark enjoyed his birthday…cause I know he had to have enjoyed that pie!! Chocolate cream pie is truly my all time favorite pie. I mean I love a good apple pie, but come on… Chocolate. Cream. Pie. Enough said!

This looks delicious! And congratulations on not succumbing to the Jell-O temptation. :-) We’ve moved away completely from those kinds of foods, but I haven’t mustered the courage to make my own pudding from scratch yet!

Happy birthday to your husband, you two are a beautiful couple. Lovely birthday pie :D, I bet its really rich and tasty!!*kisses* HHp.s. Hope you’ve entered my contest daaaaahling, there is a shiny Amazon gift card to be won with your name on it :D

Mmmmm – this looks fantastic. I think I need to find an excuse to make this soon, lol. Maybe I need to make 2 desserts for Easter? If I don’t make a Pavlova I’ll hear about it, but it’s always nice to have some chocolate on deck, too :) Thanks for stopping by my blog yesterday and leaving such a lovely comment!

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